CakePHP and Nginx
I still got sites running Apache, but all new projects are launched with Nginx. I don't need many of the features that Apache offers, and the speed gain of Nginx is just tremendous...
apache
A collection of 10 posts
How Virtualization Will Improve Your Code
Good testing will result in better code. If you have to wait endlessly for on SVN commits, uploads or compile steps, you will simply produce less inventive code. This has to do wit...
Better Performance With mod_deflate
I used to use Dean Edwards Javascript Packer a lot to compress my Javascript sources. Libraries of 100kB could easily shrink to 30kB and that saves load times & bandwidth. A go...
Survive Heavy Traffic With Your Webserver
Recently two of my articles reached the Digg frontpage at the same day. My web server isn't state of the art and it had to handle gigantic amounts of traffic. But still it served p...
Make SSH Connections With PHP
Not everyone knows about PHP's capabilities of making SSH connections and executing remote commands, but it can be very useful. I've been using it a lot in PHP CLI applications tha...
Create Turbocharged Storage Using tmpfs
Everyone knows that RAM is so much faster than a hard disk. To illustrate, while a current SATA disk has peak transfer rates of 375 MB/s, current RAM can do a mind blowing 12,500 M...
Control Cache Expire Dates Using Htaccess
If you're running Squid to cache your website, you can use an htaccess file to control what kind of files should be cached, and for how long.
Install Squid & Apache on 1 Server
Let's say your site is becoming a big success and as a result it's becoming slower and slower. There are several things you do without buying additional hardware:
What's the Deal With php_value, php_admin_flag, Etc
I ran accross php value, php flag, php admin value and php admin flag in a couple of .htaccess files, and I've used them sometimes as well by just pasting an example, but I've neve...
Beautify URLs
Readable URLs are nice. A well made website will have a logical layout, with intelligent folder and file names, and as few technical details as possible. In the most well designed...